Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis: Three-dimensional structure of a female imago and crusted scabies lesions by X-ray micro-CT

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-272

  Yoshimura, Hideyuki ^a   Ohigashi, Takuji ^b,c   Uesugi, Masayuki ^b,d   Uesugi, Kentaro ^b   Higashikawa, Toshiaki ^e   Nakamura, Ryuichi ^f   Mori, Yoshinori ^g   Shinohara, Kunio ^b,h  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Higashikawa Dermatology Office   (Japan)

^f Nakamura Dermatology Office   (Japan)

^g Mori Clinic (Dermatology)   (Japan)

^h WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crusted scabies; Internal structure; Keratin layer; Mites tunnel; Scabies mites; Synchrotron radiation; X ray micro CT

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGO; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN DEFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ACARI; PSOROPTES CERVINUS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI TYPE HOMINIS;

EID: 67449161545     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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